225 staffers’ top 20 Halloween flick picks (plus a bonus)

So you just can’t bare watching Texas Chainsaw Massacre Part 27 for the third Halloween in a row? We at 225 have some off-the-spooky-path suggestions for curling up on the couch Friday night with a great creepy flick fit for Halloween: The Shining – hands down, the best-ever scary movieShaun of the Dead – what’s funnier than zombies?Suspiria – 1970s kind of scaryThe Game – Michael Douglas and Sean Penn are scary enoughThe Lost Boys – because being a hot teen vampire is funReturn to Oz – Dorothy and the psychiatric wardWho’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf – marriage itself is scary; Liz Taylor and Richard Burton make marriage funny-scary.Misery – Kathy Bates serves a slice of creepy pie.Inland Empire – David Lynch’s latest super creepy flick.28 Days Later – you can’t beat an artsy zombie flickAlien – for a crazy, jack-in-the-box experienceHellraiser II – the grossest movie ever made, if that’s your cup of teaThe Others – starring Nicole KidmanThe Other – 1972 with Uta Hagen, not to be confused with The OthersBram Stoker’s Dracula – with Gary Oldman, Anthony HopkinsThe Omen – the original with Gregory Peck; the 2006 remake isn’t bad eitherAn American Werewolf in LondonBride of FrankensteinThe Abominable Dr. Phibes – 1971 Vincent PriceIt’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown – for the cuddlersCountdown with Keith Olbermann on MSNBC – not your typical horror movie, but just as scary